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1 in 4 Child Care Workers in California Lives in Poverty

By Tess Thorman, Caroline Danielson, Sarah Bohn

While demand for preschools and child care is high in California, the state's child care workers—particularly women of color—are poorly paid and almost twice as likely to live in poverty than workers overall.

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Video: Legislative Leaders Address Sexual Misconduct

By Linda Strean

Three state leaders describe their priorities for this year, including changes needed—in process and culture—to address allegations of sexual misconduct in the legislature.

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Video: Strategies for Reducing Child Poverty

By Linda Strean

A new report on reducing child poverty underscores the need for policymakers to be strategic in determining how best to help families in need throughout the state.

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Reducing Child Poverty in California

A quarter of young children in California live in poverty. Lowering housing costs, increasing the minimum wage, and expanding the social safety net all hold promise for reducing child poverty. But they involve tradeoffs. PPIC researcher Caroline Danielson outlines these findings from a new report by PPIC.

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Reducing Child Poverty in California

This interactive tool allows you to explore how changes to housing costs, minimum wage, and the social safety net could affect child poverty statewide and in your county.

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Reducing Child Poverty in California: A Look at Housing Costs, Wages, and the Safety Net

By Sarah Bohn, Caroline Danielson

Nearly a quarter of young children in California live in poverty—a fact that has profound educational, health, and economic repercussions now and in the long term. High housing costs and low wages are key barriers to reducing the prevalence of child poverty. Lawmakers have taken action to address these issues: the minimum wage is slated to increase to $15 an hour by 2022, and recently enacted laws aim to ease the state’s housing crisis.

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California Farmers Face Labor Drought

By Jelena Jezdimirovic

After years of record drought, California’s farmers now face a farm labor shortage caused by declining immigration from Mexico.

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